NCCP Pool & Lake Instructor Course

Combination Pool and Lake Kayak Instructor. Course fee includes the $120 CKC/AWA reinvestment fee. If you have already paid this fee for 2026, please email info@paddleuaps.com to reduce your course fee. 

Prerequisites:

• Minimum Age: 14 years old to take the training course, 16 years old for the evaluation following the course. 
• Must have intermediate flatwater skills

Date/location:

• Friday, May 1 -  Grand Trunk Pool, 7-9 pm, classroom session
• Saturday, May 2 - Grand Trunk Pool. There will be a classroom session from 11-3pm, and pool from 4-9pm. Bring lunch for the classroom session. 
• Sunday, May 3 - Hermitage Pond, start time tbd

Environment: Teaching beginners in the pool and on outdoor flatwater, such as lakes canals, ponds or non-moving water sites (flow less than 10 metres/minute)

Course Outline: This course combines the basics of the pool course and the technical review of the Lake course. It includes:

• NCCP overview
• Basic pool safety
• Pool and paddling equipment
• Boat fit
• Getting in and out of boats on dryland and wet exits
• Basic strokes; forward and reverse; sweeps, draws, hip flicks, high and low braces, flatwater roll, and hand of god
• Practice routines
• Games
• Making ethical decision training
• Professionalism, ethics, and promotion
• Teaching methodology
• Risk management
• Site selection and group management
• Environment monitoring – weather and water conditions
• Common paddling injuries
• Basic rescue techniques
• Professional issues and administration

Check out these video clips for a reference of the paddling skills required for certification as a Lake Kayak Instructor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2MvSMJ7zA&list=PLmdJ_UnnshFfdYxRay5kpPJEZjMIhufSs